Get the latest tech news
Enabling prosthetic limbs to ‘feel’: scientists have developed a sensor that fits on a prosthetic hand and is connected to a stimulator that touches the wearer’s residual limb, so they can feel the sensation of wetness through their skin
Technology that enables amputees to ‘feel’ wetness through a prosthesis has been developed by a team of researchers at the University of Southampton and at EPFL, one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology.
The scientists have developed a sensor that fits on a prosthetic hand and is connected to a stimulator that touches the wearer’s residual limb, so they can feel the sensation of wetness through their skin. Doctoral Assistant Maria Ploumitsakou, first author on the study, added: “Understanding the human wetness perception with the aim of restoring it in prosthetics users has been a fascinating challenge. Dr Filingeri added: “We’ve been working on wetness sensing for the past decade, and it’s wonderful that our fundamental research is being used and translated for clinical impact.”
Or read this on r/technology
